>>18804849its a genious design>lightweight>Yes mr insurance man its a 4 seater 4 door 1.3l sedan :^)>insanely good chassis>handles very well>cheap>RWDwhat went wrong is that everyone was expecting rotaries to be turbod at this point and it wasnt.Its honestly a great car but thanks to retarded benchracers who never been outside memeing it is lumped into the same place as other great handling FR cars, aka worst shit ever made

>>188048491: rotary burns away oil2: seal for Dorito in combustion chamber needs replacement which will be pricey 3: crap fuel efficiency 4: no turbo5: no torque6: ugly7: ugly8: better cars available for same money at the time 9: perception problem (dad car) 10: normies who bought this car and knew nothing about rotary engines would get their maintenance estimates for garages and go wtf? Then sell the car

>>18804849My theory is:It had 4 seats instead of 2.It didn't have forced induction options.Too many people believed other people who have never driven a rotary but heard they are unreliable, which hurt sales.Women often bought these cars and didn't maintain them even more so than their average engine.Very bad marketing as they were trying to convince the older male to buy them for sporty fun when they could have bought an MX-5 or an S2k since the RX8 wasn't properly committed to be a full on sports car. Nobody in 'muricuh wants a car that is fast in the corners except webos and loners, who all bought S2k's. Way way way too small of an aftermarket scene. "Premixing is for try hards." Even though you should premix any track day engine, piston or otherwise.Heavier than it should have been.

Less horsepowerWorse doritoDecided that less oil pressure was the way to goStock parts that will break and destroy your dorito before you can brapCame around when emissions Hitler was beginning the purgeCheap plastic and ugly interiorExterior was designed by the best "JDM" experts, creating an unholy abomination that can't decide on being a sedan or a coupeBuying a used rx8 is like unprotected sex with a tranny prostitute

Insurance doesn't give a fuck how many seats or engine displacement. They look at what kind of car it is and how often they are crashed. A 350z at the time was cheaper to insure than a rx8 where I lived.